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Queralt Sánchez de las Matas, Ricardo
PhD: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Office E6.7
BIO
Dr. Queralt is Co-Director of the Master in Data Science for Finance at CUNEF. He holds a PhD in Quantitative Economics and has taught Quantitative Methods since 1990, at universities like Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria and Universidad Europea de Madrid. He currently works at CUNEF, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses.
His career outside of teaching and research has always focused on the application of quantitative methods to business, where he excels in the development of econometric and forecasting models in the fields of finance, health and sports. He is a recognised expert and a Member of the Investor Protection and Intermediaries Standing Committee of ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority).
Research IDs:
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=35986339200
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57218226594&eid=2-s2.0-85088372308
Education
PhD in Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1994)
Master in Public Finance, Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Spanish Ministry of Finance (1990)
BA in Economics (Quantitative Methods), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1989)
Research Interests
Quantitative Finance; Data Science and Big Data; Valuation Methods; Quantitative Methods applied to Business Risk; Business Forecasting and Competition Econometrics.
Career
Head of the PhD Programme in Economics and Business and Professor of Quantitative Methods, Universidad Europea de Madrid, 2005–2007
Professor of Econometrics and Quantitative Methods, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1991–2005
Professor of Statistics and Econometrics, Centro Universitario Francisco de Vitoria, 1993–1999
Publications in Scientific Journals
López Zafra, Juan Manuel; Queralt Sánchez de las Matas, Ricardo: “Efectos de los ciberriesgos sobre la economía y la democracia”, Economistas (Issue on Risks in the Spanish Economy), 160, 59-65, 2018.
López Zafra, Juan Manuel; de Paz Cobo, Sonia; Queralt Sánchez de las Matas, Ricardo: “Aplicación de un algoritmo de "machine learning" supervisado para la clasificación de conductores jóvenes. Identificación de factores de riesgo”, Actuarios, 40, 29-31, 2017.
Matilla, Mariano; Queralt Sánchez de las Matas, Ricardo; Sanz, Paloma; Vázquez, Francisco J: "A Generalized BDS statistic", Computational Economics, 24, 277-300, 2004.
García-Ferrer, Antonio; Queralt Sánchez de las Matas, Ricardo: "Using long, medium and short-term trends to forecast turning points in the business cycle: international evidence", Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 3 (2), 79-105, 1998.
García-Ferrer, Antonio; Queralt Sánchez de las Matas, Ricardo: "A note on forecasting international tourism demand in Spain", International Journal of Forecasting, 13, 539-549, 1997.